Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. Quotes
We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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All the skills of housewifery are the ones I'm using as a producer.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.
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We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
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Things are fluid in this world, and if you don't remain fluid, you get lost in the sauce.
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I implore you to see the universe as a warm and supportive one because you'll look for evidence to support this view. When you anticipate that the universe is friendly, you see friendly people. You look for circumstances to work in your favor. You anticipate good fortune flowing into your life.
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Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.
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Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.
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Men knew that if they devirginized a woman, they could end up dead within twenty-four hours. These controls have been removed.
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No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.
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When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon.
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There's room for saying things in bright shiny colours.
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A visionary is someone who can see the future, or thinks he sees the future. In my case, I use it and it comes out right. That doesn't come from daydreams or dreams, but it comes from knowing the market and knowing the world and knowing people really well and knowing where they're going to be tomorrow.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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If we're talking fantasy, I would love to host a late night talk show... More Fallon than Leno. Those guys always seem like they're having way too much fun at their 'jobs.'
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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Force rules the world-not opinion; but it is opinion that makes use of force.
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We must introduce a new balance in the relationship between the individual and the government--a balance that favors greater individual freedom and self-reliance.
